HOLI
Holi, the wonderful festival of colours, is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun. It is also called the Spring Festival, as it marks the arrival of spring The festival of Holi formally brings the curtains down on winter. It is the time when spring or ‘vasant’, as it is called in India, is at its best. Holi ushers in new life, colourful flowers and cheer. This year amid the pandemic Holi celebrations are most likely…
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Raghupati Sahay – better known under his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri – was born on 28 August 1896 and he died on 3 March 1982. He is known to have fought to save the idea of secular India, most of his life. He is counted amongst the most influential poets who laid the foundation for the modern Urdu ghazal. He established himself among peers including famous Urdu poets like Allama Iqbal, Yagana Changezi, Jigar Moradabadi, Josh Malihabadi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz,…
नीलेश रघुवंशी
नीलेश रघुवंशी= भारतभूषण अग्रवाल पुरस्कार से सम्मानित, नवें दशक की महत्त्वपूर्ण कवयित्री। ‘एक क़स्बे के नोट्स’ शीर्षक उपन्यास के लिए उल्लेखनीय। “बुढ़ापे में पिता” पिता पर बुढ़ापा अच्छा नहीं लगता हर किसी के आगे हाथ जोड़ देना अरे साहब, अरे साहब कहकर बातें करना जिससे अच्छे से बात करना चाहिए, झिड़कना उसे खामखाँ बेमतलब के आदमी से घंटों बातें करना खाँसते हुए ज़िद पर अड़ेंगे, हर एक काम ख़ुद करेंगे वश का नहीं जो उनके, करेंगे उसे ही सबसे पहले…
Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam is one of the best known Punjabi authors and poets was a writer, a mystic, a poet, a rebel and a human being par excellence. She wrote about love, hope, separation, feminism, partition and struggles of women . She could be a synonym for ‘Freedom’. She lived life on her own terms but without being a confrontationist. She was honoured with some of the highest awards in the country including the Sahitya Akademi, Bharatiya Jnanpith, and Padma Vibhushan.…